Simon, you are right about the rigid system of education, which is not
only in Japan, but in many countries. Many band instructors around the
world contribute much to this rigid system, as they are lacking most of
the basic instructions themselves, thus being victims of these rigid
systems
To me the distribution of slide lengths mostly is a matter of architecture.
With rotor intruments the longer loops (1st and 3rd) get more space to bend
away from the center, where the semitone slide often is too short to bend.
I have seen photos of rotor flugelhorns, alto horns, and tubas with
And this answers for me why the F side is mounted on top of the B flat side.
I always thought it should be the other way with the shorter slides on top,
but it's now clear from the information y'all have provided the F slides on
the bottom wouldn't clear the bell, specially the 3rd valve slide.
Antiphonal horn section! Once our band had the horns and tubas at opposite
ends, and the result was stereo ping pong oomp--pah. Anyone
remember ping pong in stereo?
Herb Foster
From: John Baumgart john.baumg...@comcast.net
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Regarding design, you should remember, what was the old design. The
Uhlmann Viennese of 1824 never had the problem of the third slide
protruding verse the bell nor had the Paris models any difficulty. By
the way, I remember two or three single instruments, where the valves
were assembled as
Leonard, I have pictures (out of old catalogues books) of nearly every
horn made during the centuries, so I have seen these Sansone horns
poorly made band horns a well. The main problems are that many makers
rely on questionable players as advisors and many makers are not able to
combine perfect
While doing medical research I came across this url.
It may perhaps be of some help to sufferers, but it is
commercial and I have no further knowledge of it than that.
http://www.tmj-help.org/?gclid=CJbM0aCFy5gCFQ4yQgodkmW40w
John Roberts-James
http://www.alternativetherapyclinic.co.uk
You know, I'm so thrilled that so many of you support our fellow musicians who
choose to serve in the US Armed Forces,
even those who (shudder the thought) never actually go through basic training.
Just makes me proud.
For those of you who wonder about the quality of the US Marine Chamber
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And this answers for me why the F side is mounted on top of the B flat side.
I always thought it should be the other way with the shorter slides on top,
but it's now clear from the information y'all have provided the F slides on
the bottom
I can only speak for myself in this. You have taken a shot at them. They
aren't in a position to respond. It's a one sided thing. We just have your
version
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From: horn-bounces+bgross=airmail@music.memphis.edu
Holton used to make one years ago! It was a pretty lousy horn.
Walt Lewis
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From: Bill Gross william.s.gr...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:14:27
To: 'The Horn List'horn@music.memphis.edu
Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Re: Why is
Margaret,
NO DISRESPECT was ever intended by any post I wrote about the President's Own
Marine Corps Band. I have had the pleasure of hearing them twice in my life, an
they were far and above the best band I've ever heard. Marines that spend a
minimum of 12 weeks in boot camp really want the
John,
Would that be the course that the author WEB Griffin describes as learning not
to piss in the potted palms? Ooohrah!!!
Walt Lewis
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From: John Dutton dutto...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:30:32
To:
[quote] snip
Here in the Washington DC region, the members of the Marine Band (and
that includes the chamber orchestra) are considered some of the finest
musicians arounds. I don't hear members of the Navy, Air Force, or
Army bands dissing their colleagues for not getting muddy. They have
a job to
[quote] Not to take away from the eloquent statements of Mr. Dutton
but I wonder why
one would not recommend the Air Force Field Bands. [/quote]
Absolutely. Several of my friends from school chose this route. The
USAF has fine musical ensembles and I did not intentionally slight
them. They
On 2/7/09 7:06 PM, John Dutton dutto...@gmail.com wrote:
[quote] Not to take away from the eloquent statements of Mr. Dutton
but I wonder why
one would not recommend the Air Force Field Bands. [/quote]
Absolutely. Several of my friends from school chose this route. The
USAF has fine
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